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Ukraine strikes Russian electronics plant that builds missile components

The general staff said that it used Storm Shadow missiles, which are produced jointly by Britain and France, to hit a plant that makes microchips and high-end electronics.  [March 12] at 6:23 a.m. EDT People clear debris at the site of a recent Ukrainian missile strike in Bryansk, western Russia, on Wednesday. (Andrey Borodulin/AFP/Getty Images)   By  David L. Stern ,  Serhii Korolchuk  and  Natalia Abbakumova , The Washington Post  ; article contains additional illustrations.  KYIV — A Ukrainian missile strike inflicted heavy damage on a key plant supplying electronic components for the Russian war machine, Kyiv officials said.   Russian officials on Wednesday sharply condemned the strike, which was carried out using British-produced medium-range missiles, saying that it was intended to derail peace talks, though negotiations seem to have hit a wall for other reasons. "As  part of a systematic effort to reduce the military-eco...
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How Russia’s Scorched-Earth Attacks Put Ukraine’s Power Grid Near Collapse

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Strikes on Ukrainian energy systems have tripled this winter. Continuous repairs and Western aid staved off a total breakdown.   Kyiv, Ukraine, during a power outage in January. On several occasions this winter, the country’s grid appeared close to collapse. Credit... Lynsey Addario for The New York Times By  Constant Méheut Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The New York Times , March 12, 2026,  5:02 a.m. ET; article contains a chart, " Customers without power in Kyiv." Shortly after Russia attacked a critical substation supplying power to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Oleksiy Brecht rushed to the scene on an urgent mission. Mr. Brecht, then the head of operations at Ukrenergo, the national grid operator, had spent all winter trying to keep the country’s power system from collapsing under an assault from Russian forces unlike anything Ukraine had seen before. In late January, he was walking through the debris-strewn substation site, directing repairs that would be crucial for K...
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